Emma Howard Boyd

MPs warn awareness of flood risk remains 'dangerously low'

Risk

MPs warn awareness of flood risk remains 'dangerously low'

Environmental Audit Committee calls for creation of single national flood reporting and information service to help households and businesses combat rising flood risks

clock 13 October 2025 • 4 min read
The green economy is not a niche - it is the engine of our future prosperity

BusinessGreen

The green economy is not a niche - it is the engine of our future prosperity

Lifetime Achievement winner Emma Howard Boyd's speech at the Women in Green Business Awards 2025

clock 09 October 2025 • 3 min read
Net Zero Festival: Why corporate climate adaptation must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation

Net Zero Festival

Net Zero Festival: Why corporate climate adaptation must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation

Firms neglecting adaptation when working to mitigate climate impacts are in danger of locking-in long-term vulnerability, experts tell Net Zero Festival 2024

clock 28 October 2024 • 5 min read
London is not immune from the extreme heatwaves gripping the world 

Climate change

London is not immune from the extreme heatwaves gripping the world 

The government's National Adaptation Programme for worsening climate impacts should be a wake-up call - yet it seems Ministers are taking a NAP, argues Emma Howard Boyd

clock 25 July 2023 • 4 min read
Alan Lovell appointed as new Environment Agency chair

Policy

Alan Lovell appointed as new Environment Agency chair

Experienced business leader to take up post in September, replacing outgoing chair Emma Howard Boyd

clock 20 July 2022 • 2 min read
Corporate greenwashing is undermining UK preparation for climate shocks, EA chair warns

Infrastructure

Corporate greenwashing is undermining UK preparation for climate shocks, EA chair warns

Emma Howard Boyd warns almost £650bn of planned public and private UK infrastructure investment at risk in current decade unless climate impacts are considered in planning

clock 01 July 2022 • 3 min read
Environment Agency chair urges Treasury to review economics of climate resilience

Policy

Environment Agency chair urges Treasury to review economics of climate resilience

Howard Boyd says 2022 must be 'the year of climate adaptation', warning that 'worryingly few' infrastructure investors consider impacts of climate change

clock 20 January 2022 • 2 min read

Investment

Green Finance Institute appoints Environment Agency's Emma Howard Boyd as interim chair

Appointment follows death of GFI's founding chair Sir Roger Gifford earlier this year, and comes alongside appointment of new expert advisory board

clock 27 July 2021 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

New government fund backs natural solutions for tackling escalating climate risks

Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund provides up to £100,000 to 27 nature-based climate projects across England

clock 14 July 2021 • 3 min read

Risk

Our vision: A nation ready for, and resilient to, flooding and coastal change

The Environment Agency's new strategy will help build up the resilience of millions more homes and businesses to flooding and coastal erosion, according to its chair Emma Howard Boyd

clock 14 July 2020 • 4 min read